I received 2 units of blood in 1995, prior to a hysterectomy. After that, I never slept well again. I got terrible fatigue, etc. in 1998, and was diagnosed with CFS in 1999. I was able to keep working until 2005 and have been pretty much housebound since then.

Anyone else think they acquired CFS through a blood transfusion? If so, please answer these questions:

1. When did you receive a blood transfusion?

2. When did you become sick?

3. When were you diagnosed with CFS?

4. On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being dead), how do you feel now? I'm at about 8.75, getting up there...

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Gee, this sounds like me. I received 2 units of blood in 1994 prior to a hysterectomy. I didn't try HRT at first wanted to see what my body would do. Began feeling so bad, fatigue lots of anxiety, never had a hot flash. With the help of my doc and a good pharm. I finally agreed to HRT. ( the natural patch). along with xanax.

After about three months I began feeling like my old self even my friends noticed a difference, was able to work a full and a prn job, able to travel, take my grandchildren , do my housework, yard work . Looking back I was so called normal. Oh, for that life again that I took so for granted.

Then in 2000 I awoke with a vertigo attack and have never been the same. It was like going from heaven to hell. Spent 2 yrs trying to get a Dx. thought I was dying. Then in 2005 I seemed to improve and was getting out some but the past 2 years it has all been down hill.

Guess on the scale I am at least an 8 or more. Have tried many things nothing seems to work so stay home , cry a lot and wonder what happened to me, is this it . At my age guess it is.

I insisted on a HIV , Hepatitis, test but both were negative , my EBV was of course positive.

To this day not sure if the transfusion had anything to do with it or what is going on. I did go off the HRT , then back on , then off as it didn't help this time. I did go off the xanax but have been back on them since CFS.

Would you mind sharing some of your symptoms, treatments or just anything.

God Bless,
gg

i believe that i got cfs, from very, very poor eating.....i never /barely hardly ate vegetables and fruits, i hate both of them. my immune system was so low that one day at work i became weak from what i picked up, i had flu like symptom, that would not go away, and that's the beginning of my cfs.

I didn't receive blood, but I was in the hospital when I became ill with all these CFS/FM symptoms. I was in for about three weeks for an unrelated medical problem, did not have surgery but received injections for stomach problems and bowel problems.

I was in a hospital that relied more on alternative therapies and went on long walks in deer populated woods. I still don't know if I may have Lyme as well, but there is a strong possibility that I do. I had several huge, red, round insect bites on me from the first week I was there. They were about the size of a quarter and then grew larger..

I have become increasing ill ever since, am now homebound 95% of the time. I felt like I had the worst case of flu ever for the first few months. GB66

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I wonder if getting IVIG transfusion, or ivig im in the 80's, and 90's would be a conversation... for parvo, h6, mycos, ??? they were doing IVIG IV in the 80's, 90's for yeast conditions... infusion places made a mint... all closed up... most people who ran them are retired ( I mean retired... retired... nuff said ) and were dragged through the court system with Medicare, Atty Gen. from states of Ins coo.'s lets see if I get any turbulence for this one... we speak the truth.. an entire decade plus of Gamma supply could have concerns with all the little " sideshow " virals, and infections we all have... hmmmmmmm...